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Hydromys

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Hydromys
Temporal range: Middle Pliocene - Recent
Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Hydromys
É. Geoffroy, 1804
Type species
Hydromys chrysogaster
É. Geoffroy, 1804
Species

Hydromys chrysogaster
Hydromys hussoni
Hydromys neobritannicus
Hydromys ziegleri

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Hydromys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Three species are endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands. The fourth species, the rakali, is also found on Australia. The most recently discovered member of this genus was described in 2005.

List of species

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Genus Hydromys - water rats:

Note: Hydromys habbema Tate and Archbold, 1941 and Hydromys shawmayeri (Hinton, 1943) are placed within Baiyankamys after Helgen, 2005.[1][2]

References

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  • Woollard, P.; Vestjens, W. J. M.; Maclean, L. (1978). "The ecology of the eastern water rat Hydromys chrysogaster at Griffith, N.S.W.: Food and feeding habits". Wildlife Research. 5 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1071/WR9780059.
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